Shipping-package



Patented Jan. 3|, I899.

No. 618,6l4.

M A PUSSONS SHIPPING PACKAGE.

NrrED STATES MINARD A. POSSONS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SHIPPING- PAC KAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 618,614, dated January31, 1899.

Application filed August 16, 1898.

To 60% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MINARD A. Possons, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Packages, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shipping-packages, and pertainsparticularly to a device constructed to protect the end or ends of apackage of wire bale-ties, all of which will be fully describedhereinafter, and, especially pointed out in the claims.

Packages of wire bale-ties have heretofore been protected at one or bothends by means of a burlap sewed therearound, but which has been foundinadequate to properly protect the ends of the ties, and consequently inpractice the manufacturers suffer a large loss in the way of returnedinjured ties, which, owing to their injury, cannot be repaired towithstand the necessary strain and must either be thrown in the scrappile or cut down into shorter ties, and in either event causing aconsiderable loss to the manufacturer. The size of wire and length ofbale-ties are marked on the burlap, and when the baleties are shipped along distance the burlap becomes so badly damaged and dilapidated thatit is very difficult and oftentimes impossible to distinguish theirdimensions. This difficulty is overcome in using my device in that thedimensions are marked or embossed on the metallic caps and will remainintact, which is very desirable in packages of this character. By meansof the simple and cheap device hereinafter shown and described I amenabled to afford absolute protection for the ends of the ties of apackage, and thus avoid the loss to the manufacturer and to insure thereading of the size of the wire and ties by the person receiving thepackage.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of apackage embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of theprotector, showing it open. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of theprotector. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are views of a modification of myprotector.

A represents a bundle of wire bale-ties arranged longitudinally, asillustrated and in $eri'al No. 688,730. (No model.)

The side 0 of the protector is fluted, as before stated, before beingapplied to the bundle to form the shipping-package, and after beingplaced over the ends of the package this fluted side is lapped, asclearly illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, and 7, one wrinkle or flute beinglapped over the adjoining one and the projection or arms 0 doubledaround the wires,

which firmly holds the protector to its place I on the ends of thebundle of ties and affords absolute protection therefor. This protectoris formed of thin sheet metal and is struck up in any desired manner tothe form or forms shown, ready to be quickly applied to the bundle bylapping or folding the fluted side thereof.

The protector, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is formed from asquare sheet of metal, thus forming the four projecting points or arms0, which are adapted, as illustrated in Fig. 1, to be passed around thewire D.

lVhile I prefer the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, in that it is thecheapest in respect to the quantity of metal required to form it, I donot limit myself to that particular shape. For instance, the protectormay be formed from a circular sheet of metal, in which event it willappear as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7. In this instance each fold orlap is provided with a projecting arm 0, and the flute or wrinkles C arelapped one over the other-say as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3-whenit has been applied to the package of bale-ties. It is not necessarythat the protector shall have an arm 0' for each of the folds or lapswhen formed from a circular sheet of metal, as in Figs. 4:, 5, 6, and 7,and only a small number of arms may be provided instead of one for eachlap, as illustrated in these figures, without departing from the scopeand spirit of my invention. In this modified construction the protectoris provided with the end B', the same as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

A protector formed of sheet metal in substantially the manner hereinshown and described provides absolute protection for one or both ends ofthe bale-tie, and also provides an indestructible means for markingthereon the size of the wire and bale-ties, which is found to be adefect when destructible material, such as burlap, is used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A shipping-package comprising a plurality of longitudinally-arrangedwire articles, a cup-shaped protector passed over one or both endsthereof, the protector having a fluted side adapted to be folded againstthe side of the bundle, and projections or arms, and a wire passedaround the bundle at a point inside the protector and to which the saidarms are fastened, substantially as described.

2. A cup-shaped metallic protector for shipping-packages having alongitudinally-fluted side, and securing members carried by the side,substantially as described.

3. A cup-shaped metallic protector for shippin g-packages having a 10mgitudinally-fiuted side, and securing arms projecting from the inner endof the side, substantially as described.

4. A protector of the character described formed from a rectangularsheet of metal bent into a cup shape and having fluted or wrinkledsides, the corners of the sheet forming projecting arms for attachmentto the package, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. I

MINABD A. POSSONS. Witnesses:

LYMAN A. REED, A. J. BLACKFORD.

